"The United States is the most voracious devourer of naturalresources ever. Its 296 million citizens spend over half a trillion dollars each year on energy. Over 40 percent of that energy comes from oil, of which the U.S. guzzles 20 million barrels, and growing, daily."

"The international order is based in large part on Americandomination that resembles imperialism. This can be seen from the disproportional advantage that the United States enjoys across several sectors related to the conditions necessary to sustain human life.

Not only is American the world’s largest consumer of resources, butit also increasingly control the access to those resources giving this country a de facto strangle hold on life on our planet. Even where development takes place—to which the United States is frequently a contributor—that development often contributes to America’s increased superiority and dependence by the ‘partner’ on America’s assistance.

The inequalities caused by this situation perpetuate an environmentof oppression from which the majority of the people of the world are confined to an inhumane existence.

While indeed this could be changed by a radical shift in Americanpolicy, such as the acceptance of a greater degree of equality and justice in the world, this is not happening."

Natch - the only hope for the entire world is for Great Satan to get into the fairness game and stop queering the mix.

"The changes that are necessary to allow for peaceful internationalcoexistence among all people and to preempt violent revolution must be substantive, not illusionary. They require a literal counter-revolution in American thinking about its goals and policy priorities.

They require a commitment to sharing the fruits of the world’snatural and human resources more fairly among the people of the world. They require a system that holds authoritative actors accountable to ensure the rights that they have pledged to uphold in the numerous international undertakings that they have given their people and the world community at large.

If these goals cannot be accomplished the presently growingenvironment of inequality and injustice will be become unsustainable and unbearable."

Otay - Let's review:

Great Satan - all by her lonesome is devastating the world's pop with her greedy, unbridled, unfair energy desires.

When did Mommie Russia act out to save lives? Or Red China? Or any of the 22 and a half members of the Arab League?

It's not unfair divides of energies that has made Great Satan truly great. It is her irresistable drive to fashion and uphold her tolerant, egalitarian society with all the trimmings - a military under civilian control, an independent judiciary under elected gov oversight, transparent and periodic elections, a nat'l treasury under public scrutiny and an uncensored free press.

Whenever the 3% versus 25% screed is brought up - feel free to LOL and point out all Great Satan's accomplishments - and quiz the quizer that it might be way cooler to grant her the other 75%

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Wow, your writing is as sexy as a saxophone in a smoke filled jazz club, I am impressed. Besides that great points and I would be willing to debate that 3% garbage with anyone, because people seem to forget that we have a few trillion cubic feet of coal and shale we could be pulling energy from and cleanly I might add. But the Leftie enviro whack jobs don't want us touching it. As usual their argument is less some facts and nothing more than a talking point. So the 3% availability versus the 25% consumption is plain garbage. But great post!!

1) The United States produces 8.3 million barrels of oil products. We consume 20.6 million barrels of day, meaning that we meet about 40% of our current needs. The United States DOES consume about 25% of the worlds oil, but we’re also the world’s 3rd largest producer of oil at about 10%. The largest producer of oil on earth supplies 12% of the world’s oil. Our proven reserves were estimated at 21 billion barrels in 2005, but that number has actually increased to about 29 billion barrels in 2008. Oh, and America imports more oil from Canada than any other country, at 2.4 million barrels per day.

Translation: 25% consumed, 3% owned is an absolutely ridiculous way of looking at the situation. I’m saddened that no one has the wherewithal to call bullshit on that.

2) Half a trillion dollars is ~3.8% of our GDP. Assuming that his figures are correct (the others are, even if twisted horribly out of context) that means that almost 4% of our wealth goes to importing energy. EVERYBODY PANIC!!

The rest of what you quoted I won’t bother with. That kind of “America is EVIL” whiny self-hating drivel I don’t have the patience to deal with.

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